The Arts Map was an international online resource to locate and identify artists and their studios, as well as galleries, art schools, museums, performing arts facilities, and related associations, service organizations, and businesses around the world, which are related to the arts. Public art in communities could be identified. The resource focused especially upon the great range of fine arts and things related to them. Using specific names or more generalized selections made in an extensive check-box listing system and combined with the Google Maps application and technology, The Arts Map was used to search for what existed in a specific place, region, or country as well as to look up a subject by name or category. Each entry was created by its subject and an example of their work could be up-loaded. A highly detailed map of the community on each listing page identified the location. The reference tool was created by Robin Colodzin and Jonathan Talbot. Professional reception In the May 2010 edition of The Artist's Magazine, which publishes fine art resources, the author of an article on the resource site stated that two prominent collage artists "were coming up empty while looking for new ways of connecting with clients, collectors, curators, and other artists. They realized that they weren't the only artists seeking connections, so they created The Arts Map." The editor of the fine arts collage trade magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors, led an article about the site with, "When you’re traveling and want to check out the local arts culture, it's fairly easy to find museums and galleries. But artist studios? Not so much... [Robin Colodzin and Jonathan Talbot] have created an online guide to artists around the world...". In another fine arts publication, Art Times, another editor advised her readers to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the resource by opening an account and trying it. Use Through unique entries created by the subjects, The Arts Map site enabled viewers to obtain detailed information about many types of fine artists and related institutions and businesses by their location as well as by name and type. Pins in a map displayed by a location search provided access to the subjects and moving one's cursor over the pins identified each. The full listing for a subject opened with a mouse click. Listings could include images provided by the subject, a description of the subject, information on